If you haven’t make sure you check out the last two episodes of the “Straight Outta Lo Cash” Radio Show. This week we had hip hop legend and St. Lunatic Murphy Lee on the show “Who Say Saint Louis Aint Hip Hop?” You can also subscribe to the show on I-Tunes or listen on your… [Read more…]
The movie For Colored Girls premiere has come and gone with much criticism and acclaim. Tyler Perry has been a polarizing figure in Black America since he donned the Madea wig, supported Precious, and aligned himself with Oprah Winfrey. If anyone has read any of my posts since I have started From Ashy to Classy… [Read more…]
It is no secret my distaste for some of filmmaker Tyler Perry’s movie storylines and storytelling techniques. I have always said I cannot hate in this business model but I do have discrepancies with some of the art. But, what is art if it can’t be critiqued right? I talked in an earlier post “Where… [Read more…]
I am going to name some movies and I want you to think about what your first reaction is: Love Jones, Brown Sugar, The Best Man, Love and Basketball, The Wood, Hav Plenty(one of my personal cult favorites), Poetic Justice, The Brothers, and Mo Better Blues. What did you come up with?…Yep, you got it… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012 by Diggame
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